2024/2025
English for General Communication Purposes. Intermediate Course - 2
Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'
Type:
Optional course
Delivered by:
School of Foreign Languages
When:
3, 4 module
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Львовская Людмила Сергеевна,
Андриященко Анастасия Игоревна,
Сулакаури Анастасия Юрьевна,
Котова Ирина Юрьевна,
Сулакаури Анастасия Юрьевна,
Андриященко Анастасия Игоревна,
Кузина Екатерина Андреевна,
Леонов Тимофей Витальевич,
Антонова Евгения Борисовна,
Филина Анна Борисовна,
Морозова Анна Сергеевна,
Тейбаш Виктория Анатольевна,
Бобок Ирина Викторовна,
Шендерович Мария Филипповна,
Пинчукова Анна Евгеньевна,
Yulia Andrushkina,
Marina Antonova,
Tatyana Baranova,
Elena Borodkina,
Arina I. Galeyeva,
Elizaveta Kryukova,
Sofia Lozovaia,
Liliya Vasilevna Zhilina,
Anna Zhuravleva,
Малинина Ирина Александровна,
Кирилишина Дарья Валерьевна,
Малинина Ирина Александровна,
Кирилишина Дарья Валерьевна
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
5
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The discipline refers to the variable educational tracks offered to students of the curricula for bachelor's and master's degree at choice while mastering the optional course of English in accordance with the Concept of Development of Foreign-language Communicative Competence of HSE Students. This course aims to enhance language skills for everyday communication. Throughout the course, students practise their listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills, along with vocabulary and grammar, through both in-person interactions and online activities. By the end of the course, students will gain the skills and confidence to communicate effectively in English at the B1 level (HSE Scale 40-49). They will be able to write essays, participate in discussions, answer questions confidently, read both adapted and authentic texts, and listen to lectures, podcasts, and everyday conversations. In the course, students are assigned homework and tests of various formats to assess their reading, listening, writing, and speaking skills, as well as vocabulary and grammar usage.
Learning Objectives
- This course helps students improve their command of English for interpersonal and intercultural communication and develop their listening, reading, writing and speaking skills consistent with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), B1 level (HSE Scale 40-49). Students will practise various listening and reading strategies and gain the skills needed to effectively create written and spoken texts for everyday communication.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- To develop skills of using basic listening techniques (predicting, understanding main ideas and details)
- To improve understanding of dialogues and polylogues on both familiar and unfamiliar topics
- To develop understanding of lectures and learning context
- To form understanding of text structure
- To develop understanding of articles and other texts
- To develop writing skills (essay)
- To expand lexical and grammatical repertoire
- To develop skills of using basic reading techniques of skimming and scanning (predicting, understanding main ideas, understanding details)
- To be able to produce monologues (descriptive/argumentative)
- To be able to participate in dialogues/discussions
Assessment Elements
- Written assessmentWritten assessment includes: • min 1 reading test, • min 1 listening test, • min 1 vocabulary and grammar test • min 1 essay.
- Oral assessmentOral assessment includes 1 monologue on a given topic and 1 discussion. Oral assessment elements cannot be retaken.
- Independent work assessmentIndependent work includes activities that students do at home, activities that students do in the classroom and online work. The elements of independent work cannot be retaken.
- Final assessmentThe final test includes one reading test and one written work (an essay). Time limit: 70 minutes. The release of examination papers: during the session. Grading formula: R* 0.4 + W*0.6 = 10.
Interim Assessment
- 2024/2025 4th module0.2 * Oral assessment + 0.3 * Final assessment + 0.25 * Written assessment + 0.25 * Independent work assessment
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- New language leader: intermediate : coursebook, Cotton, D., 2015
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- A GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH: Учебное пособие / Вертоградова Л.А., Манжелеевская Е.В., Милькевич Е.С. - Ростов-на-Дону:Издательство ЮФУ, 2016. - 160 с.: ISBN 978-5-9275-2004-6 - Режим доступа: http://znanium.com/catalog/product/990026
- Booth, T. (2018). English for Everyone : English Vocabulary Builder (Vol. First American edition). New York, New York: DK. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1636939
- English grammar : a resource book for students, Berry, R., 2012